Australia has announced it will concentrate on winning the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup after withdrawing from the race to hold the 2018 tournament... More >
The Australian Football League (AFL) has appointed former player Tony Woods as its first international development manager to promote the sport of Australian Rules football wo...More>
Recent innovations in cricket such as the Twenty20 format have made the sport more appealing to a wider audience, including women, it has been claimed.
A SPORT+MARKT survey...More>
Three of Melbourne Storm’s sponsors have terminated their deals with the National Rugby League team after it was stripped of two titles for breaching the competition’s salary ...More>
Twelve Oceanic countries have pledged their support to the Gold Coast’s 2018 Commonwealth Games bid.
Oceania Commonwealth Games regional vice-president Tapasu Leung Ming Wa...More>
Australian National Rugby League (NRL) team Melbourne Storm has been stripped of its 2007 and 2009 titles for breaking salary cap rules.
Melbourne was found guilty of syste...More>
South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby (SANZAR) has signed a $437m five-year deal for broadcasting rights to the Super rugby competition and Tri-Nations series.
The ...More>
Australia's cricketing Centre of Excellence in Brisbane will be expanded with a Aus$26m state-of-the-art athlete centre, it has been announced.
The facility will offer vir...More>
The Australia and New Zealand cricket boards have reaffirmed their support for former Australian prime minister John Howard as the International Cricket Council’s next vice-pr...More>
Tennis Australia has elected Steve Healy as its new president.
Healy, who has been president of Tennis New South Wales since 2007, narrowly beat former world number one dou...More>
Former Australia rugby captain John Eales has been appointed to the Australian Rugby Union board.
Eales, who won the Rugby World Cup in 1991 and 1999, was elected unoppose...More>
The new head of the Gold Coast’s bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games has said he only agreed to take up the post after being assured that the Australian Government was “in...More>
SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby) has ruled out the possibility of a 'Battle of the Hemispheres' competition, despite admitting "liking the concept".
R...More>
Australia World Cup bid chief executive Ben Buckley has admitted that the host stadiums are still to be finalised less than five weeks before the country is due to submit its ...More>
Sky Television has agreed a new deal with SANZAR (South Africa New Zealand Australia Rugby) to continue to broadcast the Tri-Nations and Super Rugby competitions in New Zealan...More>
